Did Miami Marlins Jump the Gun in Selling Luis Arraez? A Deep Dive into the Team’s Rebuilding Path

From the moment MLB decided to sell Miami Marlins Luis Arraez, it was confirmed that the team would be on a rebuilding path this year. They only made the playoffs last year. Did the Marlins act too quickly? But looking closely at the performance of the team in the last two years, we can truly understand the current situation in selling the batting champion.

Luis Arraez。（MLB Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images） (Norm Hall via Getty Images)

The first thing to understand is, are they really on the road to winning? This starts from last year is not very abundant, and most of the options for international free agents and amateur drafts are mostly affordable players. This creates a situation where the physical condition of the team is poor and the farm system is inferior. In addition, teams in the National League East have been willing to spend money to strengthen their teams in recent years, and their strength has kept the Marlins in the bottom class for a long time

However, this position was broken last year. Apart from unexpectedly poor performances against a few powerful teams, such as the San Diego Padres, New York Mets and other preseason hopefuls, teams such as the Chicago Cubs there too. that fell behind in the second half of the season. the Minnesota Twins before the season In exchange for Arraez, or the mid-season acquisition of Josh Bell, Jake Burger and other guns, these hitters have provided good firepower support​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ -last year, making up for the Marlins’ long-. standing problem of bad hitting.

But do they have such a strong performance on paper? Looking at the team’s results, the team’s score difference is -57 points, which is very unsatisfactory for a team in the playoffs. Among the five teams behind them, no one has such an ugly point difference games of difference with an element of luck were a league best 33 wins and 14 losses.

Miami Marlins 2023 playoff schedule. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images) (Sarah Stier via Getty Images)

So, after the start of the season, even though the pitchers were still injured and the team’s pitching performance dropped significantly, in terms of hitting, the main force was still almost there back to 80, the to reach the bottom of the league again So, not so much bad luck, being knocked back to its original form might be more consistent with the description of this team.

The success of the Marlins last year was more like an accident, but because the resources that the team can provide are very limited, it is still necessary to make a positive assessment of Wu Peiqin’s activities. However, she left after last year’s season, though. and the boss wants to find a more experienced front office as president like sending another leader besides Wu Peiqin For a professional manager who took the team from a bad team with a loss rate of 90 to the playoff level, It is Undoubtedly a challenge to her role, so it is not surprising that she finally left on her own initiative, which also sent the management team that was finally established to the turmoil of -again he also confirmed that he would leave after being in charge this season, and the ball The team has always been short of resources. powerful left-hander, or Jazz Chisholm Jr., a new generation of cricket stars.

Jesus Luzardo (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images) (Jim McIsaac via Getty Images)

There are several signs that the Marlins may realize that last year’s success is not entirely due to their true strength and lack of salary cap space. There are still many problems waiting for them to solve, but it is also a fact that the team has the playoffs It cannot be due to physical fitness. the team’s future path, so they adopted a “fight and go” approach from the pre-season, but the injuries were very bad, and the opening season schedule went down mentally, instead of giving up too early and seeking medical treatment in a hurry.

The Marlins still have a lot of great pitchers This is an advantage that many teams in the league have not been able to have However, the resources that the team can use are too few, whether it is salary costs in the major leagues or training in the minor leagues, and even evaluation systems like scouting, at least in the last two projects, if there is still no way to increase the intensity of investment, as a Marlins fan, maybe that you have to keep watching the team pull a group of rookies into the big leagues It’s a miserable situation to pay a lot of tuition fees in the league.

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